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Setting up Davos for failure

This morning’s Financial Times has a special pullout section today on Davos (the online version is here), a.k.a. the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. I pity the poor soul who came up with this headline combo: “The Magic Mountain: Can Talks in Davos Help Solve the Economic Crisis?” Um, no? FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images

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This morning's Financial Times has a special pullout section today on Davos (the online version is here), a.k.a. the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.

This morning’s Financial Times has a special pullout section today on Davos (the online version is here), a.k.a. the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.

I pity the poor soul who came up with this headline combo:

“The Magic Mountain: Can Talks in Davos Help Solve the Economic Crisis?”

Um, no?

FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images

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